Aerial paramedics have winched a man off a pontoon at Hardy Reef on the Great Barrier Reef after he was bitten on the leg by a shark. Hardy Reef is a popular mooring location for tourists and snorkellers.
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Energy giants used Hazelwood closure to 'gouge' customers, study finds
Customers have been fleeced hundreds of dollars a year by Australian energy giants — and according to the competition watchdog, it is not illegal.
2yo girl critical after starting vehicle's gate hits family watching harness race
A family of four is in hospital with a two-year-old child critically injured in a freak accident at a harness racing club north of Brisbane, when the metal gates that extend out the sides of a starting vehicle didn’t retract as it drove off, hitting people watching the race.
Meet Maddy Murphy, the outback's pint-sized dancing queen
She may be only eight years old, but the tiny ballerina is dancing up a storm from the bush to the city.
Meet Maddy Murphy, the outback's pint-sized dancing queen
She may be only eight years old, but the tiny ballerina is dancing up a storm from the bush to the city.
One Nation MP's push to protect platypuses from yabby pots
In Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, there are localised or total bans on opera house pots, and now One Nation MP Stephen Andrew wants Queensland to review its rules.
China and US are the biggest investors in Australian water entitlement
Debate over impacts of foreign water entitlements continues as a report reveals 10.4 per cent of Australia’s water is in foreign ownership.
Search for answers begins into one of Queensland's worst maritime accidents in recent years
Six men lost their lives in a fishing trawler accident off the coast of Queensland in 2017 — four of the bodies have never been found. Now an inquest will examine how the tragedy unfolded and whether search and rescuers could have done better.
'The last ones standing': Will digital disruption spell the end of the comic book store?
An independent Brisbane comic store hoped to promote local artists but four years on the business is buried in debt — the latest in a string of comic shops across the country to close their doors as a “tsunami of digital disruption” makes survival difficult.
Dead Puppets revive Storm Boy after 'royally' hectic stint abroad
A Brisbane-based theatre company finishes its performances in London and gets working to bring a classic Australian story to life.